Dr Sarah H. Norgate was formerly a Reader in Applied Developmental Psychology at the University of Salford, UK, and is a popular science author. Since completing her PhD at the University of Warwick, UK, she has widely published in both academic and practitioner journals and has enjoyed collaborating with diverse stakeholders on award-winning research. Sarah is also a fellow for life with the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.

Sir Cary L. Cooper is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the ALLIANCE Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK, President of the CIPD and Co-Chair of the National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Work.

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Contributors

PART I - Introduction

1. Designing our Healthier Future Lives: Bridging Science and Policy for Flexible Work: The Pervasion of 'cog in the wheel' workplaces across time

Sarah H. Norgate & Cary L. Cooper

2. A Flexible Working Future - The Opportunities and Challenges

Peter Cheese

PART II - The Impact of Flexible Working on Health and Productivity

3. Employees' Psychological Health and The Impact of Flexible Working Arrangements

Carolyn Timms, Paula Brough & Xi Wen (Carys) Chan

4. Workplace Flexibility Increases Productivity Throughout Presenteeism: A Conceptual Framework

Sara L. Lopes & Aristides I. Ferreira

5. Flexible Working and Quality of Life: Compatible?

Sarah Jackson & Jonathan Swan

PART III - What Makes Flexible Working Work?

6. Leadership in Flexible Work Systems

Anika Cloutier & Julian Barling

7. Line Managers and Flexible Working

Sharon Clarke

8. The Balanced Communications Diet for Business: Principles for Working Smarter, Not Harder in A Connected World

Nicola J. Millard

9. The Impact of The Commute on Our Mental Health and Physical Health Within the Context of Flexible and Non-Flexible Working

Anna Mary Cooper-Ryan, Charlotte Stonier & Abolanle Gbadamosi

10. Flexible Working and Skill-Biased Inequality: Causes and Consequences

Egidio Riva & Marcello Russo

11. Control Over Working Time - A Twenty-First-Century Issue

Kate Bell

PART IV - Flexible Working for Particular Groups of Workers

12. Supporting Employees with Invisible Disabilities via Flexible Work

Alexandra Duval, Duygu Gulseren & E. Kevin Kelloway

13. Workers with Disabilities: The Role of Flexible Employment Schemes

Eleftherios Giovanis & Oznur Ozdamar

14. Lone Parents and Blended Families: Advocating Flexible Working to Support Families in Transition

Anneke Schaefer, Caroline Gatrell & Laura Radcliffe

15. Employee FWA Needs and Requests and Employer Provisions across Age Groups

Bernice Kotey & Stuart Wark

16. Flexible Working for Older Workers

Carol Atkinson

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